Letters, Sentences and MaximsChesterfield Society, 1991 - 348 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 78
... merit in him , but only of folly in his parents , in dressing him out like a jackanapes , and giving him money to play the fool with . Whereas a boy of good sense places his ambition in excelling other boys of his own age , and even ...
... merit in him , but only of folly in his parents , in dressing him out like a jackanapes , and giving him money to play the fool with . Whereas a boy of good sense places his ambition in excelling other boys of his own age , and even ...
Σελίδα 146
... merit , but I have oftener ( I might say always ) seen great merit make its way , and meet with its reward , to a cer- tain degree at least , in spite of all difficulties . By merit I mean the moral virtues , knowledge , and manners ...
... merit , but I have oftener ( I might say always ) seen great merit make its way , and meet with its reward , to a cer- tain degree at least , in spite of all difficulties . By merit I mean the moral virtues , knowledge , and manners ...
Σελίδα 225
... merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt . They compose at most a merry fellow ; and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man . Indiscriminate familiarity either offends your superiors , or else dubs you their depend- ent ...
... merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt . They compose at most a merry fellow ; and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man . Indiscriminate familiarity either offends your superiors , or else dubs you their depend- ent ...
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